Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
EPICURUSIt is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
More Epicurus Quotes
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people’s opinions, you will never be rich.
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I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
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I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
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There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
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He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another.
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You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
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